I would re think your seating posture. You're probably trapping a nerve or something which means your posture is not relaxed. Also consider alternating between sitting and standing especially if you're playing electric.
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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Just for the sake of science, try and sit cross legged like you normally do while practicing but without the guitar. And for the same duration too, of course. How does your leg react? And what if you do it with the other leg on top?
I had the same problem sitting crosslegged playing guitar until I started putting one leg behind my neck. Its worth a shot.
Have you never had your leg fall asleep before?
but "falling asleep" is when it feels like static buzzing through it when you move, not limp and numb idk.
@Jeom@lemmy.world how does it feel?
That’s after you cutoff blood flow, not pinched a nerve.
Different things being pinched
No, that's the waking up. And even that's not always tingling, it just depends on the specifics of how exactly you got your limb to fall asleep.
If your leg fell asleep the "move, god damnit" signal does not make it to the muscles in your leg. Since the muscles for movement are one "section" up and the nerve is pinched in the knee you can still move your thighs/upper legs (moved by muscles in the ass) and the lower part of the leg (moved by muscles in the thigh), but not your ankle (moved by muscle in the calf, which are cut off).
i dont get the tingles but my leg was pretty limp and weak after standing up(after playing)
I think there is nothing you can do but wait and sit differently in the future, if it bothers you that much. If you feel pain, or your impediment persists longer than a few minutes you should change your seating position, and potentially ask a doctor. But if it's only a bother, because you can't move your leg for a while it's not anything dangerous.
I don't play guitar (got here from doom scrolling the front page), but I do like to sit on my legs from time to time. If I need to move (e.g. to pee) after sitting weirdly I do feel somewhat disabled sometimes, dragging my foot along the floor and having to use the wall in order to not fall over XD
But it goes away and doesn't cause any pain, so I think it's harmless.
It's because you're suffering from an overload of "toan," which, as all experienced guitar players know, is stored in the balls.
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